Trump's decision came after Israel and Iran have exchanged consistent strikes since June 13. Israel had urged the U.S. to target Iran's nuclear facilities, saying that Tehran was moving close to creating a nuclear weapon. Iran maintains that its nuclear program is for civilian, not military, purposes.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev followed up this claim by writing that Russia had "no intention of supplying nuclear weapons to Iran."

Medvedev over the weekend warned “a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.”